Vincent Antonio Rottino (born April 7, 1980 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Florida Marlins organization. He generally plays at catcher, first base, and outfield.
He graduated from St. Catherine's High School in Racine, and then went to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Rottino originally signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as an undrafted free agent on February 3, 2003. In his fo...
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Vincent Antonio Rottino (born April 7, 1980 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Florida Marlins organization. He generally plays at catcher, first base, and outfield.
He graduated from St. Catherine's High School in Racine, and then went to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Rottino originally signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as an undrafted free agent on February 3, 2003. In his fourth year with the Brewers organization, he made his major league debut as a September call up in 2006. He played in 9 games, batting .214.
Rottino began the 2007 season in Triple-A with the Nashville Sounds. He spent nearly the entire season there before being recalled by Milwaukee on September 1. On September 29, 2007, Rottino hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat the San Diego Padres 4–3 and clinch the first winning season for the Milwaukee Brewers since 1992.
He repeated most of his previous season's fashion in...
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